putrefactae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →putrefacio, putrefacere, putrefeci, putrefactus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cause to rot/decay/crumble/disintegrate; putrefy; make friable; soften;; make rotten; (passive form of putrefacio);
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →putrefio, putreferi, putrefactus sum:
Verb · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be/become rotten/decayed/putrefied/crumbled/softened/soft; (putrefacio PASS);
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...glaebisque videmus; et tamen haec, cum sunt quasi putrefacta per imbres, vermiculos pariunt, quia corpora materiai antiquis..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fieri quis posse putaret? sunt qui, cum clauso putrefacta est spina sepulcro, mutari credant humanas angue medullas. 'Haec..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...circumiecti custodes et in maerorem cuiusque intenti corpora putrefacta adsectabantur, dum in Tiberim traherentur ubi fluitantia aut ripis..."